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pulley meaning in Sinhala

කප්පිය kappiya

UK/ˈpʊli/

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pulley in Sinhala: කප්පිය (kappiya). In English, pulley means one of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

Sinhala words for pulley

pulley
කප්පිය kappiya

English meaning of pulley

  1. noun One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).
  2. noun Annular ligament of the finger.
  3. verb To raise or lift by means of a pulley.

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Questions about pulley in Sinhala

What is the meaning of pulley in Sinhala?
Pulley in Sinhala is කප්පිය (kappiya).
pulley යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Pulley: කප්පිය (kappiya).
What does pulley mean in English?
Pulley means one of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “pulley”: කප්පිය. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pulley (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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